Ancient Egypt is always a popular choice in homeschools around the world. This Tutankhamen homeschool lesson is a great accompaniment. I tried to expose my children to all sorts of resources including primary evidence using Howard Carter’s own writing. We will also use newspaper reports to explore the rumours circulating in 1923 regarding the discovery……
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How to Make Ancient Roman Costume
The first thing we did for our Ancient Roman study was to make Ancient Roman Costume. The girls are doing a presentation at the end of the summer, and dress-up is a key component of that. We had some old white sheets, heavy duty safety pins and gold cord. The Peplos Women cannot partake of……
Resources for studying the Ancient Romans
We have just started studying the Ancient Romans, which we have never done in our homeschool in any depth before. The last time was when I was pregnant with Becca and on bedrest. I couldn’t be as involved as I wanted so I just set the children work everyday. This time we are going to……
Ask Mr Bear {Homeschool Book Unit}
Ask Mr Bear is a quaint story of a little boy wondering what to give to his mother for her birthday. He asks all the animals on the farm, but doesn’t get any real inspiration until he talks to Mr Bear who suggests he gives her a hug! This post contains all the lovely activities……
Apologia Zoology I
Last year we finished off Apologia Zoology I curriculum. I’m just including a bunch of ideas we did alongside each chapter, rather than doing a post for each chapter. Books for Apologia Zoology I These were the books we used: These are the actual text book and note book. They are very comprehensive and the……
September Precious Moments
Lots of lovely learning going on in our house right now. Lillie and Ads have started university. Lil has thoroughly enjoyed every fresher event she could, and has had a ball! Ads has been out with the Conservative Club at uni for a pub crawl! He still managed to catch the right train home and……
IGCSE Environmental Management at Home
Abigail has started her IGCSE in Environmental Management, emphasizing a slow, hands-on approach over three years. The curriculum includes a mix of core resources and practical activities like rock collections. The learning plan aims for flexibility and depth, ensuring Abigail remains engaged and curious throughout. Resources and insights will be shared online.
Gallipoli Campaign and the ANZACs
The Gallipoli Campaign took place between April 1915 and January 1916, on the Gallipoli peninsula. It was an attack by the allied forces (the British Empire, including the ANZACs, and the French) against the Ottoman Empire and the Germans. The purpose of the attack was to break the stale mate on the western front and……
Vincent Van Gogh Study
Rebecca was born holding a pencil and paintbrush. Not really! But pretty much from the time she could hold anything, her chosen anything was inevitably a mark making utensil of some sort – a pen, pencil, marker, crayon, paint brush…literally anything she could get her hands on. She is the first child of mine who……
Edwardian Unit Study Presentation
We have just finished a five month long study on the early nineteen hundreds. We have learnt such a lot, from reading books published at this time, to science studies on flight and ships, to the great Antarctic explorers of this era. The girls have worked hard to understand the suffragette movement and the sinking……
Sewing a Drawstring Bag
Sewing a drawstring bag is easy peasy and a perfect first project to work on the sewing machine. I chose felt for Becca to work with because it is a non fraying material meaning Becca wouldn’t have to neaten any seams. Sewing a Drawstring Bag: Reading and Practicing We are using ‘My First Sewing Machine’……
Simple Sewing School: Hand-Sewing a Pin Cushion
I am using ‘Sewing School’ by Aime Plumley to teach the girls to hand sew. Hopefully this is a prelude to something big for Becca. Although Lillie is very creative, and has been very dedicated to arts of all kinds since the age of 12, Becca has been interested in all things creative since she……
Planning BFIAR (Before Five in a Row)
Before Five in a Row (BFIAR) is a simple curriculum aimed at 2-4 year olds. It is designed to be a pick up and go curriculum. When we were using BFIAR as our sole curriculum, I expanded its scope by adding in lots of extra, fun hands on activities. So, for me, planning BFIAR takes……
Learning About Flight Efforts in the 1900s
It was during the early 1900’s that flight took off (pardon the pun😁), with the very realistic possibility that man would take to the skies. I have to be honest and say that teaching flight wasn’t necessarily something that filled me with excitement. Choosing it as our science study for our 1900-1910 learning was maybe……
Teaching Literary Devices
I love teaching literary devices, and all my children (including the English shy Thomas) have loved learning about them. I don’t use any worksheets, just teaching them as they come up in the children’s homeschool. My older children were much more avid readers than my younger two and therefore picked up writing styles quickly and……